Example sentences of "was [adj] [adv] to [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Pledges to check expenditure were not kept ; indeed , it continued to rise , as did the district rate , a fact that was conveniently blamed on the unfortunate legacy of labour 's investment programme , but was due rather to the desire of the Alliance to extend municipal enterprise and trading , particularly in tram-ways and electricity . |
| 2 | The fact that the restaurant was successful was due largely to the way in which their respective talents complemented each other . |
| 3 | During the formative years of cultural studies in Britain ‘ textualism ’ was dominant , but the growing disenchantment with its Althusserian paradigm ( of which the Screen/Screen Education division was just one sign ) was due largely to the inability of that paradigm to inform a criticism of telling political intervention . |
| 4 | The success of Hornby 's invention was due largely to the principle of gradation from simple sets to others , larger with more complicated mechanisms . |
| 5 | The popularity of South Africa 's kruggerrand was due largely to the fact that collectors were buying a precise quantity of gold at only a fraction over the actual cost of the precious metal . |
| 6 | The popularity of South Africa 's kruggerrand was due largely to the fact that collectors were buying a precise quantity of gold at only a fraction over the actual cost of the precious metal . |
| 7 | The popularity of South Africa 's kruggerrand was due largely to the fact that collectors were buying a precise quantity of gold at only a fraction over the actual cost of the precious metal . |
| 8 | The growth of the bill mountain in the first half of the 1980s was due largely to the policy of overfunding the PSBR — that is , selling more public sector debt to the non-bank private sector than was needed to match the size of the PSBR . |
| 9 | was due wholly to the negligence or wrongful act of a government or other authority in exercising its function of maintaining lights or other navigational aids . |
| 10 | His belief that it was fusion was due primarily to the heat , but he also told Bullough that since October there was some evidence in Utah that neutrons were being produced too . |
| 11 | Held , that in the opinion of the court , ( 1 ) a stay for delay or any other reason was to be imposed only in exceptional circumstances ; that , even where delay could be said to be unjustifiable , the imposition of a permanent stay was to be the exception rather than the rule ; and that even more rarely could a stay properly be imposed in the absence of fault on the part of the complainant or the prosecution , and never where the delay was due merely to the complexity of the case or contributed to by the defendant 's actions ( post , pp. 18H — 19A ) . |
| 12 | This was attributable mainly to an increase in the number of branches , from 158 in 1953–54 to 189 in 1957–58 ; losses in Bedfordshire ( 15 branches down to 11 ) and the Fenland ( 23 down to 15 ) , both of which had been without a tutor-organiser for much of the period , were more than offset by gains everywhere else , notably in Essex ( 27 branches up to 40 ) and Suffolk ( 14 up to 32 ) . |
| 13 | I had the advantage of seeing him first , eagerly scanning the carriages , and I observed that he was bronzed almost to the colour of teak . |
| 14 | He had the difficult task in 1832–3 of reconciling his sympathy for the Whig government with pressing for the sort of positive action on emancipation which was acceptable both to a majority in the political and parliamentary class and antislavery militants in the country . |
| 15 | They said in a statement : ‘ That dispute was referred by our client to professional advisers acting on his behalf who negotiated a settlement with the builders which was acceptable both to the builders and to our client . ’ |
| 16 | Already by the mid 1970s it appeared , however , that neutralisation under Great Power guarantees as elaborated by Malaysia was acceptable neither to the majority of Southeast Asian states nor to the external powers that count . |
| 17 | Lord Bellomont 's position as Governor in New York , Massachusetts , and New Hampshire , and military commander in Connecticut , Rhode Island , and New Jersey was similar enough to the position held by the Governor of the Dominion of New England to show that unification was not just an eccentric idea launched by James II . |
| 18 | In 1971 the UK was second only to the USA as a home base for multinational companies ; overseas production by British-based multinationals as a proportion of domestic output in 1977 was , at 40 per cent , higher than the corresponding figure for any other national economy except Switzerland ; and in 1971 nearly 20 per cent of UK output was produced by overseas based companies . |
| 19 | Among those with carcinoma of the floor of the mouth , which was second only to the tongue as the most common site , 55 ( 76% ) had a history of smoking . |
| 20 | It was obvious now to the World that America 's involvement had driven Kennedy into supporting a corrupt , totalitarian government because the US felt that stopping Communism was more important than setting up a democratic government in South Vietnam . |
| 21 | The effect was nunlike even to the headscarf which she wore indoors and out , like a wimple . |
| 22 | Each minister was responsible directly to the monarch , subject to sudden dismissal and disgrace , and kept in total ignorance of his colleagues ' policies . |
| 23 | Those interested in arresting the shelving of direct ministerial responsibility for these sites should write to their MPs , asking why it was , in 1883 , that the inspector was responsible directly to the minister whilst , in 1983 , there will be no inspectors as such and those responsible will be reporting to a quango . |
| 24 | Since it was believed to be worth over £13,000 it was an amazing bargain , but one which was available only to a purchaser with immense cash reserves . |
| 25 | As a private registry it was available only to the trading partners , and not to third parties interested in knowing whether a given shipment was sold , pledged , or had taken place . |
| 26 | The issue of the buyer 's good or bad faith was relevant only to the damages he could claim from the seller in contract ; the beneficiary himself was above such concerns . |
| 27 | Even before Helsinki , however , many Americans concluded that détente was beneficial only to the Soviets . |
| 28 | It was close enough to the cottage for her to take an early morning dip or a quick swim before dinner . |
| 29 | As soon as he was close enough to the head of the ladder to use it as a support , he stood up . |
| 30 | Julian took her companion by the hand , and wormed her way round elbows and between shoulders as far down the street as she could , drawing Brother John after her ; but before she was close enough to the gatehouse to see what was happening there she was brought to a halt , and could move no farther . |